Signify (formerly Philips Lighting) is the world leader in lighting for professionals and consumers, as well as lighting for the Internet of Things. With a deep manufacturing heritage across Europe, Signify designs, produces, and scales advanced connected lighting systems, electronics, and optoelectronic devices, operating modern, high-precision industrial facilities and automated logistics centers.
Bridging the physical and digital domains, Signify combines cutting-edge industrial operations with continuous digital transformation and sustainable manufacturing practices. The company has extensive experience integrating advanced automation, industrial robotics, and AI-driven quality inspection into high-mix, high-throughput production environments. Committed to European industrial competitiveness and data sovereignty, Signify actively participates in collaborative European research to drive resilient, flexible, and human-centric manufacturing paradigms.
Role in GRAIL
Signify acts as an Industrial End-User and Use Case Provider, leading real-world validation to demonstrate the GRAIL robotics foundation model across high-mix, high-speed assembly and logistics lines. Signify drives the industrial requirement specification for the “System 1 – System 2” architecture, defining operational boundaries, safety constraints, human-robot interaction guidelines, and compliance metrics aligned with the EU AI Act.
